Portland Syrups Rose City Quinine Tonic Concentrate (16 ounces) 1 Pack

I am so happy I tried this Portland Syrups Rose City tonic. It has excellent flavor that doesn't overpower the gin or the quinine. I've tried eight other tonic syrups on the market, and this one is quite distinctive and different. This one to me is the perfect compliment to a juniper forward gin. It allows the flavors to come through and has just the right amount of bitterness. It has a touch of something different in it, which I attribute to the floral rose flavor. Very nice. What I don't like is the very spicy tonics like Strong, and El Guapo that taste too clovy and cinammony, which to me is not appropriate for a tonic. I also like Ruby D's citrus tonic, and Jack Rudy's Elderflower Tonic, which are all different and outstanding in their own way. Now I've got three totally different go-to tonics to choose from!

good and with a bark'y taste similar to yurba mate, but not quite as much quinine as I'd like in a tonic.

I have tried all the bottled tonic waters and many of the syrups and came back to Portland Tonic Syrup for two reasons. 1. Only has cinchona bark, sugar and some rose flavor making for a clean, quinine foreword beverage. 2. I control the sweetness by how much product I add. Other tonic syrups add a slew of spices, lemon grass, the clippings from the groundskeeper's lawn mower, and they all taste like fairy pee. And the bottled tonic waters are all too sweet, even Q which I was diluting with club soda. I also tried too many gins, only like the juniper foreword brands, and settled , after trying high to reasonable priced one's on a $20.00/ product. Again, too many gins ruin their flavor with their version of 'fairy pee' foo foo ingredients. KEEP IT SIMPLE, ADHERE TO THE FLAVOR PROFILE THAT THE PRODUCT CALLS FOR. Fussy in Pennsylvania

Unusual and delicate with only a subtle quinine flavor. Goes well with most gins especially if they're not extra dry. I do not find it overpoweringly floral as some others have. If you don't have malaria, and don't want to be punched in the face with quinine, this is good. If you want a classic bitter tonic, there are other options you'll like better. Edit to add: Do refrigerate after opening. Turned pretty nasty after being stored on the bar for months. Says so on the label, so was my mistake.

I purchased this after reading a comparison of many tonic syrups that said this was the least sweet of 18 syrups that they reviewed and had good quinine flavor. I disagree.

This is a really amazing tonic, although the flavor is hard to describe.. It has tonic flavor, but not as sweet, a little herbal, a little campari-ish maybe (or is that the color?), but has its own character, totally unique. I use still rather than carbonated water and really enjoy this. Will definitely purchase more!

This product is OK especially if used with more straightforward brands of gin, like Gordon's. Too floral for my taste and didn't go very well with Citadelle and Blue Sapphire.

I knew this was going to have some rose water in it, so I was somewhat prepared for it to taste like roses. But it has more of that taste than I expected, and it's not a pleasant taste, as far as I'm concerned. It's also too sweet. Even worse, to get any kind of nice quinine bite/real tonic taste you need to use at LEAST twice as much of this syrup as the directions on the bottle say to use. The directions call for 3/4 oz of syrup to 4 oz. of seltzer (plus your gin). That makes a very weak-tasting tonic, and thus is definitely not cost-effective. I tried this as an alternative to regular tonic , but the amazon sellers of the Q tonic I was regularly buying are price gouging (and amazon isn't stopping them), so I tried this as an alternative. I'll keep looking....